Trials of War
Starting Time Period: End of Time
Chapter 2
When we appeared from Adon's teleport, we were in a place that I could only describe as feral and wild. There was plants everywhere, and these primitive huts were surrounding me.
"Here we are: 65,000,010 BC, the prehistoric era. This is our first stop, the chief's hut. We've come to pick up two of our many companions. Now, let me do the talking, unless you are asked a question. Trust me, they are easily confused." Adon told me, guiding me to a hut/teepee that was taller, and less shabby looking, then the rest. He lifted the front entrance to it, and walked inside first, then held it open for me. He glanced around cautiously, making me wonder why we're here.
Why would he have to be so careful?
My answer was a pounce. I was suddenly on the floor, arms and legs held down by a man in his mid-twenties who had semi-long blond hair tied up in a pony-tail, having his bangs in a clump across his right eye. He was wearing some clothing made of animal fur, making me wonder what in the hell is going on. He eyed me warily, while I started to have a panic attack.
"Why you here!" He said harshly. "You outsider!"
I turned toward Adon, only to see that he was in the same predicament. Adon was also held down by a native, only female, with long blond curly hair, also wearing an animal skin bikini. She was sniffing Adon, and I could tell he was angry by the twitching of his eye.
"Ayla! I've told you many times before, don't pounce on me!" He screeched, fed up with the treatment. The women, 'Ayla', stopped, her eyes growing large.
"You strong! What name? Why you look familiar?" She said in short, to the point... errr... sentences.
Adon rolled his eyes, and flipped Ayla over onto her back, reversing the positions, and put his nose to hers. "You don't remember? I guess it has to do with this form." He said, eyes narrowing. Then, he changed his voice to a slightly squeaky voice. "All right, Sweetheart! Unfortunately, you were born before magic existed! But you seem to have other skills that will get you by."
Ayla's eyes widened, and she exclaimed, "Spekkio!" before she flipped him over in a hug.
Now, instead of his eye twitching in anger, it twitched in annoyance.
"Ayla, will you stop it!" He said, in an angry, non-squeaky, voice.
Ayla got up, and grinned, showing two canines that were sharper then a normal humans. She turned toward the man, who was still pinning me down, and motioned for him to get off.
"It okay, Kino. Spekkio give magic. He friend. And strong!" At this, she turned to me. "You strong too! Ayla like strong people. Men and women." She frowned and tilted her head. "What name?"
I smiled at her and brushed myself off, ignoring the fact that I was just pounced. "My name is Diana."
I got up, brushed myself off and went over to Adon. I held my hand out, and he accepted the help up. Ayla looked between us, and came to a conclusion, which was made apparent with her next statement.
"You two mates?" She asked curiously.
My eyes widened, as did Adon's. We froze, and looked each other in the eye, still shocked at the statement.
"Gah!" I said, and dropped the hand I realized I still held. I was blushing badly, so I turned my face away from Adon.
"You two become mates?" She asked, changing her question.
Adon mumbled something, and shook his head. "No. We are not, and are not going to become mates, Ayla. Now, may I say why I came here?"
Ayla scratched her head and nodded, "Why you here?"
Adon sighed and went to sit on a fur rug/bed. "I'm here cause we're going to need your help. Worse then the first time. More powerful, tough."
I sat beside him, and leaned my head against his shoulder. He ran his hand through my hair in a comforting gesture for a minute.
Ayla sat across from us, with Kino sitting beside her. Kino repeated my gesture with Ayla that I had done to Adon.
"Will you come with us? We need both of you, this time." At this, Kino's eyes widened in disbelief. "Yes, you too, Kino. This is bad. We'll need all the help we can get."
Ayla nodded, "Ayla felt different while back. That why?"
"Yes. It's happening all through the eras. Next, we'll be going to 12,010 BC, the Dark Ages. With my mode of transportation, I can bring everyone with me, instead of only taking two with me like the epoch. Perk of being me." At this, he winked at me, "And you can get some training in too, Di. You're still not strong enough to help."
I sighed. "Yeah. Not to good with magic. I can't do any hand to hand combat, nor can I use any other weapon other then my scythe. And even then, not too well."
He snorted, and patted my head. "You're great with it. As good as I could teach you, anyway. I know someone who's better, anyway."
I smiled. I had an idea as to who. "But would he teach me? From Lucca's story, which we studied in history, he wasn't a very social person."
Adon's eyes twinkled. "Don't worry. I have an idea as to how we can get him to teach you. I can't pull the 'I awakened your magic, so you have to do this for me.' It'll be much more simple. Trust me. Anyway," He stood up suddenly (almost making me fall),and pulled me up with ease. "Come on, I wanted to pick up another two, maybe three people by the end of the day. Matters if one of the persons I think is there is there, or if she's in the other era I'm thinking of." He turned toward Ayla and Kino. "Get packed. We'll be back tomorrow. to get you. Say your goodbyes, this could take a long while.
He snapped his fingers, and we disappeared.
When we appeared, it was very cold. There was a blizzard out, and it made me glad that Adon gave me the pants. I would have frozen with the dress. Well, even more frozen. I was still freezing.
"If we don't find them soon, I'm going to kill you." I told Adon while my teeth chattered.
He laughed nervously while he took my hand. Quickly, he guided me to a nearby cave, quickly dropping my hand. When we entered, I found that there was a latter made of viney rope. He climbed it, then stopped a few yards up, motioning for me to follow. I sighed, and did so.
When we emerged, I was surprised. Everywhere there was greenery. It grew ragged, covering the walls and floors. I gaped while he led me around, and saw many different humans, appearing dirty (about as dirty as Ayla's and Kino, anyway), all looking at us curiously.
Jeeze, I'm going to be looked as if I'm some foreigner the entire time we adventure, aren't I?
"Hello everyone, I'm wondering if the ones named Magus and Lucca are here?" Adon said loudly. Everyone turned there attention towards him, and two people went off in different directions. Someone stepped forward, motioning us to follow him.
"Hello strangers. If you'll follow me, I'll take you to them. Two of the young ones are going off to gather them. So if you please." He said, and started walking toward another latter. He climbed down it, and we followed.
Damn am I glad to wear pants, cause I had the feeling that there were some perverts around me.
A few minutes later, we arrived in a well lit cave that had wooden furniture, primitive as it was, and sat down at a table. The man walked into a connected cave, and came back with some rock cups that held a liquid that looked surprisingly like tea.
Cool. I didn't think they'd have tea in the dark ages.
Adon nodded his thanks, as I did when I received mine. We quietly sipped our tea for a few minutes, before a commotion was heard outside the cave.
"How do you not know who they are! Everyone knows everyone else here! There aren't enough people to even make up a town!" A female voice shouted.
"They're dressed funny. It reminded the elder how you two were dressed when you first arrived, so we were sent for you." A little girl around the age of six said.
"And how is that possible?" A deep, male's voice said. "The gates were closed! No one but the ones here should be here!"
Finally, they sounded as if they were right outside the entrance. Then they entered.
The male had long blue hair, pointed ears, and emerald green eyes. And hell, was he tall! The female however, had long purple hair, brown eyes, and what looked like glasses on, but were halved. She wasn't that tall, but she wasn't short either. The little kids both had brown hair and brown eyes, and looked like siblings. All were fur outfits.
They walked near us, the adults getting more tense as they approached.
"Who are you?" The man demanded.
Adon snorted, and I glanced at him. Better let him do the talking. He knows them, after all. "Who am I? Who do you think I am, kid? How many people can travel through time?" he said cheekily, then grinned, "You know, you feel stronger. How much have you two been practicing your magic?"
The man raised an eyebrow, while the woman's eyes squinted. The children were gone by now, so it was just Adon, the elder, and the two mysterious figures.
Who were probably Magus and Lucca.
"Hey, do I know you? You sound awfully familiar." She said, pointedly looking at Adon.
Adon sighed and massaged his temple, "I don't have the patience for this again! I'm Spekkio, Master of War! Hence, the hint about magic, ya know!" He shouted, throwing up his hands in the air.
I coughed, trying to hold back my laughter, but when Adon glared at me, I couldn't help it anymore, I laughed hard. Adon sighed and pouted.
At this, the man spoke up. "And why should we believe you?"
Adon rolled his eyes, and I tried my best to stop my laughter. I almost succeeded, but the next comment kept me going.
"I'm THE Master of War. That's why." He said arrogantly, crossing his arms. He looked pointedly at me when my laughter increased again. "You know, if you don't stop, Di, you'll suffocate yourself."
I looked at him with a grin, my laughter dying down slowly. "Yes, but I'd die happy."
He sighed and half-heartedly went to whack my arm, I moved away, and he sniffed, turning his nose up into the air.
"Fine then."
During the exchange, the man and women glanced at each other.
"Well, he does seem arrogant enough to be him," The woman said. The man nodded in agreement.
"Yes, but who's his companion? And is she dangerous? I do feel power coming from her, but it's uncontrolled." He said.
I turned toward them, away from Adon, who decided to stop playing, and also looked at them. "Magus, Lucca, this is Diana Casen, she's from 1500 AD, and she's my friend. I helped raise her. Of course, she didn't know I was Spekkio till today, but that happens." He shrugged, and I rolled my eyes with a snort.
Magus looked a little pensive, "...Spekkio, I go by Janus here. They know I'm the older version of the young prince Janus, but all they don't know why, nor care. All that matters is that I'm back, and I can rule them." Lucca put a hand on Mag... Janus' arm, and he patted her hand.
I blinked. He seems a lot less... demanding and arrogant then the one that Lucca had in the records.
Wait, if Lucca is here, how could she do the records?
"Uh... Lucca? If you don't mind me asking, why are you here if you're from 1000 AD? And how are the records possible? You said that the gate closed right away because Lavos wasn't there anymore."
Lucca blushed slightly and mumbled something, looking down.
Adon blinked, "Did I hear that right? Speak up, girl."
She looked up and glared at him, "I'm no girl! And I said that I came here to be with Janus!" She blushed more, and looked back down. "The gates closed a week after Lavos was destroyed. Not right away. He came back midweek to ask if I'd join him in helping to rebuild the civilization here. I agreed."
I raised an eyebrow. "So you came back here to be with Janus? You two together?"
Lucca blushed, while Janus smiled slightly, "No and yes."
There was a pause, and Adon motioned with his hands, "So? What do you mean by that."
Janus sighed impatiently, "I'm sure you didn't come here just to visit. Will you get to your explanation so that we can go back to what we were doing? We're very busy here."
I sighed in disappointment. I thought he'd explain, damnit.
"About that, you say your busy here? I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to take you away from here for awhile. A big threat is here, and we have to take care of it. It's not going to act yet, but it will in about a year. We need to get everyone we can to stop it. Even Kino's coming."
Janus cringed, "Those monstrosities are coming with us? Fine, I agree there strong, but they lack manners of all sorts."
Lucca nodded, "Yeah, but Ayla did help fight Lavos."
"That doesn't mean I have to like it."
Lucca smirked, "There's a lot you don't like that happens. Can't stop it."
He snorted, "I know."
"So, are you two coming with us? We have a lot to prepare for, you know. Got to train Diana here, too. I've barely taught her elemental magic, and all she knows is one weapon."
Janus eyed me, catching site of the handle protruding from one side. "Is that a scythe?"
I nodded, "Yeah."
"Are you any good at it?" He asked, sounding bored.
I shrugged. "I'm decent. He," I pointed at Adon, "Isn't the best teacher."
"Hey!"
"Alright then. We'll work on that." Janus turned toward Lucca. "Best get our stuff together, and then say goodbye to everyone. A year's a long time."
Lucca nodded. "Right."
Adon stood up, and I took that as a sign to also stand up, "Okay. We'll be back tomorrow morning. Be ready. And Janus, have you seen your sister?"
Janus' face darkened, and he turned around and left. Lucca looked uncertain, but followed to leave. Before leaving the entrance, she gave us an explanation. "He never found her. Her, or her remains. Just her necklace."
She left.
I glanced at Adon out of the corner of my eye. His face was somewhat grim, but also determined.
"Well, I guess that in the middle ages, We'll be picking up more then just two people. Three it is."
Three?
I could guess Glenn, AKA Frog, but who would the other two be?
Hmmm...
I heard a snap of his fingers, and we disappeared once more.
A.N.- Well, that's chapter two. Can anyone guess who the other two are? You might be able to guess one, but I doubt you'd get the other.
And the thing about glad to wear pants cause of a pervert... interesting who popped into my head... cough-Adon-cough .;
And Kd Zeal, thanks for telling me it's borderline Mary Sue. I'll keep the review in mind while writing the story.
Well, enough with this. I'm on a role writing this, so if you want more, please review!
Laters.
